State Judge Blocks Voter-ID Legislation

By

Kris Maher

October 2, 2012

A Pennsylvania state judge on Tuesday blocked the state's voter-identification law from taking effect in time for the November election.

Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said he thought the measure, which would have required voters to show a photo ID at the polls, could have kept some people from voting, as the law's opponents had argued.

"I'm still not convinced in my predictive judgment that there will be no...